Motivation Success: The Little Engine That Could

How many things do we need to be successful at?

How many ways can we motivate ourselves to accomplish this success? Every day we push ourselves. Looking for motivation and success?

We connect with our family and friends; connect with our colleagues. There are only so many ways to stretch ourselves. Every time there is a dip in the proverbial cup the need to fill it back up is there.

We think the cup is easier to fill then it was for our ancestors; accomplishing it perhaps less harsh but tedious just the same. There is a history of leaders using motivation to build successful societies. Gathering food to stay alive or clothing their families for warmth. We are as driven as our ancestors.

Our motivation for success is instinctual. Even at the earliest stage of life; infants driven by it to crawl; toddlers driven by it to walk. In the teen years we’re driven by motivation to become successful academically; well, somewhere after the pursuit of finding something on four wheels to leave the nest. As high school and college graduates, the drive cumulates to the ultimate motivation; success through our work.

The road we find ourselves on however is not a straight path in any one direction. Women and men jaunt off in all directions. Responsibilities coupled with the desire to be successful in all we do. Are we successful husbands, wives, parents, co-workers, and friends? Are we motivated enough to continue this success? To get there is the paradox of having and obtaining more motivation to in the end be more successful.

This instinct drives men and women the same. Not in competition; motivation is about something more in the context of survival, or living if you will. Individuals with motivation may be misunderstood. Levels of motivation may differ between two people. Perhaps, as instinct would have it, one individual knows his needs to feed himself alone while another is aware of his needs to feed a family.

It may not be uncommon for individuals to feel in competition. Perhaps it is more that we reevaluate our needs through the observation of others. A personal wakeup call so to speak.

To find what we are looking for, we can either motivate ourselves for personal success; or as our ancestors did in building societies, we can motivate for the success of all. Motivation and success go hand in hand; personally and in a community.

Neither is unique to any one individual, sex, age or culture. It is instinctual; and in the instances where we may forget to use our motivation; success is not lost. Though we can apply our hearts and minds to find our silenced sense of motivation and our success will follow.

Taking Control Of Your Attitudes

Examine your attitudes... look at them... assess them...

Take control of your beliefs about yourself, take a mental inventory check of your attitudes (good and bad) and decide for yourself which of those attitudes work for you and which do not.

The ones you do not want to keep, simply throw out. Get rid of them and only keep the ones you like.

Change the ones you want to change. Take charge of your attitudes. Put yourself back in control. The least that could happen is that you would get a little more of your real self back again.

Discover the jewels and gems which are part of your own mind. Seek out and find the rich reserve “attitudes” within you which have been waiting to step out and live again…

Start your journey right way. Little changes in your attitudes can make big changes in your life. Your attitudes affect all of the important things around you.

They affect how you feel about yourself. They affect your work, your friends, and your loved ones.

When your attitudes get better, so does life. If you would like to start making a change or two. Then fixing an attitude and making life a little better can be a great place for you to start…

Living Life To The Fullest! Are You Holding On To Your Values?

People are always more happy and most fulfilled when their lives are consistent with their highest values…

Unfortunately there are also a great many of us whom are experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety because we are overflowed with daily loads of experiences which we would much rather not be dealing with.

Such experiences are said to be the result of having our thoughts persuaded by television, radio, newspapers, advertisements, people, family, social expectations, etc.

All of these examples have a way of influencing us to compromise who we are as a person and also what we do.

Unhappiness and stress arise when some part of our life is compromising our values that we feel is our core being. The two biggest factors that contribute to this stress are…

Being in an unhappy career that causes us to compromise our values...

Or being in relationships that causes us to loose site of our personal values.

You can always resolve most of your stress issues by simply returning to the values which are most important to you!

All of our values are organized and sorted out in order, rank and grade. There are values that are higher than others for each of us.

You could also categorize your values as primary values, secondary, etc…

Those of us who are stresses in life do not consider that the loss of this organizing and sorting out of values we possess could be the root cause of our problems.

Let’s Take A Closer Look At This…

Take stock of your mind powers and thoughts. You demonstrate your values in your behaviors. What you say to the world is irrelevant, it is what you do that shows everyone (including yourself), what it is that you truly believe in.

This is especially true when we are forced into a situation where we have to choose or make an important decision!

Anyone can express high and noble values when there is nothing to loose. But when the stakes are high and there is a price to pay, or a sacrifice to make, you will see people reveal their true inner selves and also their core beliefs.

Never fall into the trap of loosing your ability to stick to your true core beliefs and will yourself to the end.

Start out by asking yourself a few simple questions...

- What are your true core values?

- What is it that you truly believe in?

- What is it that you really stand for?

- What is it that you refuse to stand for?

- What are your inner most convictions?

The way in which you answer these questions will help determine how happy and stress-free you can quite easily become in both your career and your personal life… so make sure you answer them both honestly and wisely!